| RUUD | Casper ..., highest-ranked Norwegian tennis player ever. (4) |
| KIKIBERTENS | Highest ranked Dutch woman tennis player ever. (4,7) |
| TSITSIPAS | Highest-ranked Greek male tennis player ever (8,9) |
| STEFANOS | Highest-ranked Greek male tennis player ever (8,9) |
| RODLAVER | The only tennis player ever to win two calendar year singles grand slams |
| JACK | Highest ranked British men's tennis player (4,6) |
| EALA | The highest-ranked Filipino tennis player in WTA Tour history, Alexandra _ (4) |
| DUKE | Highest ranked British peer (4) |
| WILT | -- Chamberlain, he is considered by some to be the greatest basketball player ever (4) |
| AROD | Youngest 500-homer player ever, for short |
| GOAT | Best player ever, acronymically |
| LISA | ___ Leslie, the first player ever to dunk in a WNBA game |
| PELE | Most famous soccer player ever, probably |
| SEED | One of the highest-ranked players to give up, it's been said (4) |
| AONE | Highest-ranked |
| WEBB | Spud who was one of the shortest NBA players ever (at 5'6″) |
| CASPER | ____ Ruud, Norwegian tennis player who reached the 2022 US Open final (6) |
| CASPERRUUD | High-ranking Norwegian tennis player |
| MAGI | Casper and his friends read The Sun, perhaps (4) |
| OSLO | Birth city of tennis star Casper Ruud |
